Truck body



R. S. BOLGER. TRucK BODY. FILED Nov. 24, 1920.

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R. s. BOLGER.

TRUCK BooY. FILED NOV. 24, 1920.

R. S. BOLGER. TRucK B DY o I so NOV. 24, 1920. 3 sHgETs-sHEETS FatentedDeeEfi, i932. it; i l p I a raiser?- orries.

ROBERT s. serene, or RICHMOND nirrlri, new YORK, essrenon Toin'rnnnnrronnn MOTOR COMPANY, or new roan, ivgr, e oonronerron' orDELAWARE.

'rnocx BODY.

Application filed-November 24-, 1920. Serial No. 426,122." I

To aZZ who-minutely concern: tail in connection with the embodiment Beit knownthat L RonnnrSBoLenn, a shown in the accompanying drawings,citizen of the United States, residing in wherein Richmond Hilhin theborou'g hoi' Queen's, Figure 1 is alview in sideflelevation-or" the i 5of the city of New-York inthe State of improved body. I 60' New York,have invented certain new and Figure 2 is a view in rear elevation oiuseful Improvements in Truck Bodies, of the: body shown in Figu'rel, oneof the secwhich'the following-is aspecification, rei tions ot the. sidesbeing inclinedand oneerence being had to the accompanying drawhalt ofthe tail-gate being removed to show ings, forming part hereof. I vtheinterior of the body. Y q .l 1 65 In the development ofthe -mot0rtruck Figures'3 8' are diagrammaticillustrations business various typesotTtruekbodies have otvseveral forms which the body can be grown into Igeneral use in different fields converted into by comparatively simple111a-. and can now be accepted as generallystandnipnlation of theimproved elements .enter-' ardlzed. The motor truck 'manu'lacturer'ing-into its structure. v

mustineet the requirements otthese many The'chassis aqofthe vehiclecarries therediiferent fields an'dstandreadyto provide onsupp'ortingsills Z) for the vehicle body truck bodies of anyone of these standardacross which extend body bolsters .c which types. Thus far no singlebody fillingflsevproject well beyond the vertical sides of the eralfields of usefulness has heen'provided box-body and are preferablyrecessed at a 75 The expense of manutacturing'a different forapurposewhich will appear. Each side body for each use is burdensome tothe of thebody proper is made up of a longitu- Inanufacturer, sinceaclarge' stoclc,n'1ust be dinal lower secti n-chliinge a ng its lowerkept in hand and, indeed, the requirement edge, asat e, to th 01 f f heb dy. To

of a diiierent body fordifier'ent'uses is en the-lower section (Zlishinged an upper longh so tirely LlIlSiLtiSfflCtOI'IYtO the user sincehis tudinal section 9. The hinge connection befield of activity may beverybroad; Among tweo'nthese two sections- Z and g can-be the. mostcommon standard types o'zt'body effected conveniently; by securing tothe which have come into general use might be outer side of the sectiong a plurality of 7 mentioned theregular dumping body'of the hingemembers 9 which extend be lowthe box type, with or without stakes, thecX-. lower edge of the section 9 andca'rr'y hinge press body, withor'withou't stakes,*the-haypins which extend through co-op'erating rackbody, the pipe or steel body the stake hinge members (Z carried ontheouter face body, the platform body andthetranspor of the lowersection (Z. The inventionis 35 body. It is'the object ofthe presentinven not tobe' limited to the partic'u-lartype of tion to provide bodywhich shall be 10f hinge joint between the two sections (Z and.universal character and of such {construcg, althoughit will beappreciated that it is tion that it can beconverted fIOmTOIIG' ofdesirable to have hinge joint which, while these several types intoanother by a driver holding the 'sec'tionsagainst relative longi 40 withcomparatively little eiiort and loss of tudinal movement, will permitthe two sectime. By the improved construction, a contions to be readilydisengaged from one ani dition will be createdwherein the manuother'torreasonswhich will appear. In the tacturer need keepin stock only onetype illustrated embodiment it is proposed to of body while the userwill always have held the hinge pins .g i'emovably against 45 availablea body which can be adapted to withdrawal iron the (Jo-operating hingeany requirements in widely diversified fields sections (Why means ofcotter pins 9 or the of trucking. A further object of the inlike.'Extending through the lower section ventionis to provide suchanimprove'd body (Z adja cent its upper edge anchpreferably which shallbe of simple,'rugged and ineX- in line withthe respective hinge members50 pensive construction, readily manipulated g, are several stakesockets, indicated in for conversion from one type to anotherdottedlines at d 1(Figure2), while along and which shall meet allpractical require the upper edge of .thelower section d, at I ments'of asatisfactory body, both from the suitable intervals, are formed otherstake standpoint of the manufacturer and the sockets (l g Along theupper edge of the 55 user. The invention will be described in deuppersection g are formed at suitable intervals several stake sockets 9 Tothe floor /i' of the body adjacent the rear end can be secureddetachably suitable posts it.

[TI/1:01 the tail-gate 2', the latter being of i any approved form andnot material to; the

Having now described a' suitable structure by which a universal body ofthe im proved type can be built up, the manner of employin g thisstructure for bringing about the ready conversion of the body from onetype to another will be pointedout. The

most ordinary body may be the box type.

In theimproved construction this will be formed by securing the lowersections 03', g, at each side of thebody' in vertical aline-.

ment, as by means of the hasps ,-i and co-operating eyes 9 (Z providedat opposite sides of the tailgate 2'. This box body, ii?

desired, may have its eliective height in creased by using stakes It attheopposite sides. These stakes can be slipped into the stake socketsg,in the upper edges or the upper sections 9. moved thebox body can bereadily formed into a transport body by inserting the ends o1 posts Kinto the sockets g and supporting the canvas over the posts, as is usualin such types. To form what is termed an express body the upper sidesections 9 are dropped into the angular relation tothe lower sections(Z, indicated at the left hand side of Figure 2. The chains IE will holdthese upper sections 9 in their inclined positions. This expressbody'ma-y have its effective height increased by the use of' stakes,.andone feature of the present invention resides inthe provision ofnovel forms of:stakesadaptable'for use with the box body and alsoadaptable for use with the express body and so formed as to extendvertically in eltheiycase. In order to ac coniplish thisthe improvedstakes 7c are formed with inclined sections is adjacent their ends, theangular relation between the stakes 7c and their inclined ends kbeingsimilar to the angular relation between the upper section 9 and thelower section cl.

when an express body is formed. Ordinarily this angular relation will be45. If it is desired to use the body as ahayrack the stakes will havetheir ends is inserted into the sockets g in such manner as to sup-.port the stakes in horizontal position, as

illustratedin Figure 6. The express body is the type employed with thestakes in this relation to form a hayrack. The express body with thestakes 7c extendingvertically,

the tailgate posts h, It may With the stakes is reas heretoforedescribed, is illustrated in Figure 8. It now a pipe or steel body isneeded, or may not be removed, but at all events the cotter pins g arewithdrawn so as to permit the upper longitudinal section g to bedisengaged from the hinged connection with the lower sections (5. Thelower sections are then swung outwardly and downwardly on their hingesuntil they rest on the recessed ends c of the bolsters c. The uppersections 5/ are then engaged with the lower sections, respectively, bypassing the hinge pieces 5 into the stake sockets d, the partsassumingthe relation shown in Figure Pipe or steel of great length canthen belaid on the body since its length is not limited by the front wall andtailgate. Upon disengaging tlie upper sections 9 from the lower sections(5, in their relation to Figure 3,- a plain platform body of great widthwill be left, The front wall Z of the body can'be maderemovableifdesired. Figure 7 shows a platform body with the front wallremoved. This platform body is of improved construction, since itsatisfies one ofthe most ordinary requirements of a platform body inthat it has great width. This width is obtained in converting the bodyin the manner described. I

TheupPer sections y, when entirely removed, are slid under the bolstersc and rest on transverse body sills Z), being conveniently held againstwithdrawal by means of pivoted latch pieces m carried by one of thebolsters 0. The platform body thus formed may have the stakes is engagedwith the lateral stake sockets d along the edge of the sections d,indicated conventionally in Figure 5. g

In the illustrated embodiment, the sub structure of the entire body ishinged as at a on thechassis a, while the forward end is connectedthrough an arm or and hoisting cable of to a power operated dumpingdevice m whereby the body becomes a dump body. This naturally widens thefield of usefulness of the improved body, but it is to be understoodthat the convertible features may be incorporated in a single bodywherein there is noprovision for dumping.

Theentire structure described enables a single body to be built by amanufacturer and (converted bythe purchaserinto one of the severalstandard types now commonly required in the different trucking fields.The advantages have been pointed out and their value to the art will beevident.

I claim as my invent-ion:

l. in combination with a chassis, a floor fora body mounted thereon,sides for the body comprisinglongitudinal lower sections, hinged to thefloor, and longitudinal upper sections, hinged removably to hingemembers onthe lower sections, means to secure the resulting body beingthe upper and lower sections at a point below the meeting edges of thesections in vertical alinement, means to maintain the upper sections ininclined relation to the lower sections, and means to support the lowersections in prolongation of the floor when the upper sections areremoved.

In combination with a vehicle chassis, a floor for a bodysupportedthereon, longitudinal lower side sections hing d to the floor,longitudinal upper side sections hinged on the lower side sections at apoint below the meeting edges of the sections, the lower side sectionsbeing provided with stake sockets along their upper edge and along theirinner walls adjacent said upper edge, and said upper longitudinalsections being provided with stake sockets along their upper edge, andstakes having inclined portions at one end and adapted to have eitherend engaged with all of said sockets when said side sections are movedto expose the sockets.

3. Incombination with a vehicle chassis, transverse bolsters carriedthereon and extending beyond the sides of the vehicles, a floorsupported on the bolsters, lower longitudinal side sections hinged tothe floor, upper longitudinal side sections removably hinged on thelower side sections, a tail-gate supported at the rear end of the body,posts removably secured to the floor for the support of said tail-gate,means to secure theupper and lower side sections in vertical alinementto form a box body, means to maintain the upper side sections in angularextending beyond the lower edges of the upper sections, co-operatinghinge elements on the lower sections en aged by said first named hingeelements at a point below the meeting edges oi the section, said hingeelements beingdisconnectible to permit the removal of the upperlongitudinal sections, and means to supportthe lower sections inprolongation of the floor, said lower sections being formed with socketsin their inner wall adjacent their edges to receive said first namedhinge elements and support the upper sections in vertical position whenthe lower sections are in horizontal position.-

5. ii. stake for a convertible truck body having a long body section, ashort section inclined with relation to the body section, the ends ofeither section being adapted to engage with the stake sockets in thetruck body.

This specification signed this 22d day of November, A. D. 1920.

ROBERT S. BOLG-ER.

